Giving

Ways to Give

Since Our Lady of Grace School reopened its doors in 2000, we have seen incredible growth in our school. We have grown from a small school of 86 students to a thriving preschool – grade 8 school with over 450 students.

At the beginning, we were only able to accept a small number of families who could not pay full tuition. Today, through Grace Gala and the donations from our donors, we are able to offer a Catholic education to over 50 families who could not otherwise afford our school. As a church, called to share our faith, we hope to continue to make our school affordable for all.

Our Lady of Grace School offers an outstanding education for our students. We continue to excel, which is evident in our ISTEP scores and our exemplary rating from the Indiana Department of Education. Our graduates are flourishing in area high schools, and tell us that they were extremely well prepared to succeed in public and Catholic high school. They continue to maintain close ties to our school and parish community, and have an incredibly close circle of friends that they developed at Our Lady of Grace Catholic School.

We recognize that there are many requests for your charitable dollar. We want you to know that participation at any level makes a difference!

The school accepts gifts of cash, securities, and most major credit cards. This can be done in one of two ways:

Schedule an appointment with Terra Olson, Coordinator of Admissions, Enrollment, and Marketing at 317-770-5660 ext. 298 or TLOlson@ologn.org.

On behalf of the students who will benefit from your donation, thank you!​

SGO Scholarships

Our Lady of Grace Catholic School has partnered with the Institute for Quality Education (IQE) as our official Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO). An SGO is a state-designated 501(c)(3) that provides financial needs-based scholarships to students enrolled in non-public schools. By giving a gift through IQE and designating it to Our Lady of Grace Catholic School, you will be providing needs-based scholarships to eligible incoming and current OLGCS students. As a donor, not only are you providing much needed scholarships, but you will also qualify for a 50% INDIANA STATE TAX CREDIT. Additionally, the total is still eligible for a federal tax deduction. This program is not only available to individuals, but to companies as well.

*Please consult your tax advisor for your specific situation. This is for illustration purposes only. Your gift to an SGO is tax-deductible to the full extent of the federal charitable tax laws.

There are several ways to make your gift to Our Lady of Grace Catholic School through the SGO:

PTO

Our Lady of Grace Catholic School has a very active PTO, and OLG parents are an integral part of the success of each and every event and fundraiser. We thank you for your volunteerism and look forward to working with you during the course of this year.

It is our goal to provide you with accurate, easily accessible PTO information. For this reason we invite you to browse our new PTO Sycamore page. You can locate this link on the right hand side of your Sycamore home page under School Sites. Here you will find calendar dates, PTO news and documents for PTO events. On our page, you will also find this year’s PTO Executive Committee. If you see us in passing, please take a moment to introduce yourself.

We are looking forward to another great year at Our Lady of Grace. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please email us at PTO@ologn.org. Every parent at OLG is a member of the PTO, and we want to hear from you!

Rewards Program

Our Lady of Grace Catholic School can fundraise with leftover items from your home or purchases! By taking a moment to clip a label or turn in a print cartridge, you can help us provide a terrifice Catholic school education one box top at a time!

Sales Hours

Orders are due by midnight Sunday. Orders paid by check must be in by 9:00am Monday to the Scrip Box or in the OLG Box in the Parish Workroom.

Location

Near the coat closet on the Chapel side of the Gathering Space

Pick Up

Pick up of orders at the sales desk during sales hours (both after Mass and during the school day), at the School Office during school hours, or by arrangement with Scrip Coordinators.

Volunteer

We are looking for sales volunteers to sell Wednesday mornings, Wednesday afternoons , Thursdays after All-School Mass and after Weekend Masses (sign-up for after-Mass sales is done weekly ~ no commitment to do every week!)